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The Cake Sale

by Rajeka Lazarus | Jan 27, 2018 | Blog, Climate & Environment

A Medact member questions our appetite for cake sales in hospital foyers.

Sick of bad hospital food? 5 steps you can take

by Medact Staff | Oct 5, 2017 | Actions, Blog, Climate & Environment

Medact’s work to improve hospital food follows from our new report, “Digesting The Indigestible”. But if you want to take more direct action, there is also our Campaign Toolkit, with plenty of ideas, inspiration and actions you can take to campaign for better hospital...

Hospital Food Case Study – North Bristol NHS

by Guest Author | Oct 3, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

North Bristol NHS is the largest hospital trust in the South West serving nearly a million people from Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset. It also has a wider catchment area of around 3 million people who come from further afield to use their specialist...

Hospital Food Case Study – Nottingham University Hospitals

by Medact | Sep 28, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH)’s 90 wards and 1,700 beds provide health services to 2.5 million people in the city of Nottingham, as well as specialist services for an additional 3-4 million further afield. They are also one of the largest employers in the...

How to improve food at your hospital – useful links

by Medact | Sep 21, 2017 | Blog, Climate & Environment

If you want to get involved with campaigning for healthier and more sustainable food in your hospital, or in your community in general, you are not alone.

Hospital Food Campaigning Toolkit

by Medact | Sep 19, 2017 | Actions, Resources, Toolkits

Making hospital food healthier and more sustainable: a toolkit for bringing about change

Digesting the Indigestible

by Medact Staff | Sep 19, 2017 | Headlines, Reports

Unravelling hospital food policy and practices, and finding the way towards healthier, tastier and more sustainable hospital food

The social, economic and environmental role of hospital kitchens

by Elizabeth Atherton | Jun 2, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Environment

This decision provides a perfect example of what Devo Manc should challenge, where decisions are made based on what will be best for an ‘organisation’ rather than for the people and the community within which it is situated.

Medact Manchester campaign to save the Salford Royal Hospital kitchen

by Medact Staff | Apr 8, 2016 | Campaign Updates, News, Climate & Environment

Background The Salford Royal Hospital, part of the Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, is an acute hospital with 839 beds. Whilst patient catering was provided in-house and well rated by both patients and staff, the kitchen was reported to be in need of complete...

South London GPs linking together patient well-being and sustainable food

by Tytus Murphy | Mar 30, 2016 | Blog, Climate & Environment

The Lambeth GP Food Co-operative was launched in 2013 and is the first project of it’s kind to operate within the NHS. The Co-operative brings…

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